Sharing the Printer > Setting Up a Client Computer
Setting Up a Client Computer
Follow the procedure below to configure a computer as a client computer and connect it to the shared printer. Make
this setting when installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided.
● For Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows NT 4.0, log on as an administrator (a user with an administrator right).
● Configure a computer connected to the network where the print server is connected.
1. Start Windows, and then insert the "Drivers & Manual" CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
❍ Quit all other applications currently running.
❍ When starting Windows, a wizard for adding new hardware may open. If this happens, click [Cancel]. Check again that the power is
off, and then proceed to step 2..
❍ When the CD-ROM is inserted, the [Drivers & Manual] dialog box appears. If it does not, double-click the CD-ROM drive icon
under [My Computer] or [Explorer], and then double-click [SETUP.EXE].
2. Click [Printer Driver].
3. Read the license agreement, and then click [I accept the agreement.].
4. Click [Next >].
5. Click [Connected via LAN].
6. Click [Next >].
7. Click [Add a new printer].
8. Click [Next >].
9. Click the plus mark next to a printer name.
10. Click [Port:< LPT1: >] under [Printer Name:].
11. Click [Add].
The [Add Port] dialog box appears.
12. Click [Network Printer].
13. Click [OK].
14. Select a shared printer.
15. Click [OK].
16. Check that [<\\servername\sharedprintername>] appears after [Port:].
17. Click [Continue].
Installation starts.
18. Select whether or not to open the Printer Status monitor automatically.
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